What Women Need in Marriage That is Often Overlooked and Difficult to Describe to The Partner: Episode 319
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this insightful podcast episode, dive into the heart of successful marriages and discover a nuanced perspective on meeting the emotional needs of women, a crucial but often overlooked aspect. Women generally prioritize people and nurturing, while men care more about things and problem-solving. This difference poses a challenge to men in grasping the seemingly ever-changing emotional needs of their partners and introduces a vital skill: Emotional Attunement.
You will hear a vivid contrast between what it looks like to be unattuned versus the transformative qualities of attunement. Attunement is commonly absent in many male partners stemming from childhood experiences, unresolved conflicts, and a lack of self-validation. Ultimately, the episode empowers you with the profound understanding that emotional attunement is a cornerstone for creating a deeply connected and fulfilling marriage.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. |
| 0:03.5 | We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, |
| 0:09.9 | fight smarter, and stay in the same team no matter the challenge that you face. |
| 0:13.5 | I am one of your hosts, Aaron Freeman. |
| 0:15.1 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freemans. |
| 0:18.1 | And this episode is what women need in marriage that is often overlooked and difficult to |
| 0:24.8 | describe to their partner. |
| 0:26.2 | I know all of you are wondering, what could it be? |
| 0:28.5 | What is so difficult to describe and is overlooked? |
| 0:31.1 | And when we say it, it's going to make so much sense. |
| 0:35.0 | Yet you'll see why it is something that is either overlooked or you forget about. |
| 0:40.3 | It gets deprioritized because we get so focused on managing life. |
| 0:44.8 | And I will give it to you. |
| 0:46.2 | You came up with this term, not the word itself, but in the context of marriage. |
| 0:51.9 | And I honestly have not been hearing this described really by anyone else. |
| 0:56.4 | And it really comes from having done and doing so many coaching sessions that you just, |
| 1:03.4 | you know, you realized it. |
| 1:04.4 | Like this is what it is. |
| 1:06.0 | And before we tell you what the answer is, it is not really something I think that women are thinking about, |
| 1:15.2 | but when you sit down and put it all together, you're like, oh, that's what it is. |
| 1:20.4 | And it is well understood that a successful marriage is one in which the needs of both people |
| 1:25.5 | are clearly expressed, needs to be understood by the other |
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